Improvement in door-bolts



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` Doon-Bom. v c Y No.178,239, Patented June 5,187.6.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.V

THOMAS HOESLY, OF NEWT GLARUS, VVISCONSIN.l

IMPROVEMENT IN DOORfBOLTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,239, dated June 6,1876; application filed December 29, 1875. `f

To all whom it may concern' Be it known that I, THOMAS HoEsLY, of thetown of New Glarus, in the county .of Green and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and usei'ullinprovement in Door-Lookin g Bolt, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specication, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings. f

The object of my invention is to provide a door-fastener andlocking-bolt for barns and outbuildings, at once so simple, cheap,strong, and convenient as to do away with the trouble and expenseattending the use of the ordinary hasp lock and key; and for thispurpose I form a metallic slide or bolt, A, of sufcient strength anddimensions, which, with a reciprocating motion, works upon a plate inloops b b or their equivalents, attached to the plate which is fastenedto the door. The eX- treme end of bolt 'A enters a keeper, C, attachedto the door-post, the rear end of which has a knob or handle for working.it on the outside. A post, D, witha loop on one end and a thread cut onthe other, is passed through a slot in the door and the aforesaid platefrom the inside, and enters the slide or bolt A about midway, beingscrewed into the same, which looped post D furnishes a means of workingthe slide or bolt A, and locking or unlocking the door from` the inside,the locking of the same being accomplished by means of catch E on theinside engaging. the looped post D, so that the same cannot be moveduntil the catch is raised by the hand. The sliding bolt A is thus easilyoperated from the inside or outside, and locked by means of lockingcatchE upon the inside, and may be padlocke-d on the outside, looped post Danswering the several purposes of a handle by which the door can bepulled together from the inside, the sliding bolt A reciprocated, and astop for locking-catch E.

I claim as my invention- The sliding-bolt A, provided with and ridingupona metallic-plate with its longitudinal slot and loops b b, combinedwith keeper C, looped post I), and locking-catch E, to form a doorlocking-bolt for doors and gates, substantially as described and setforth.

THOMAS HOESLY. Witnesses:

EZRA DUTToN, H. N. OoMsTooK.

